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Table 5 Spearman correlation coefficients for BMD of the femoral neck and calcaneus in patients with a primary tumor located in the lower extremity (n = 24)

From: Early decrements in bone density after completion of neoadjuvant chemotherapy in pediatric bone sarcoma patients

Bone Density

ρ =

p-value

aBMD affected

0.654

0.001

aBMD contralateral

0.798

< 0.001

BMC affected

0.549

0.005

BMC contralateral

0.741

< 0.001

vBMDfemur - aBMDcalcaneus affected

0.649

0.001

vBMDfemur - aBMDcalcaneus contralateral

0.694

< 0.001

  1. BMC = bone mineral content, aBMD = areal bone mineral density, vBMD = volumetric bone mineral density